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¡¡¡¡Section II Reading Comprehension
¡¡¡¡Part A
¡¡¡¡Directions£º
¡¡¡¡Read the following four texts¡£ Answer the questions below each text by choosing A£¬ B£¬ C or D¡£ Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET¡£ £¨40 points£©
¡¡¡¡Text 1
¡¡¡¡It’s true that high-school coding classes aren’t essential for learning computer science in college¡£ Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses£¬ said Tom Cortina£¬ the assistant dean at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science¡£
¡¡¡¡However£¬ Cortina said£¬ early exposure is beneficial¡£ When younger kids learn computer science£¬ they learn that it’s not just a confusing£¬ endless string of letters and numbers – but a tool to build apps£¬ or create artwork£¬ or test hypotheses¡£ It’s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students¡£ Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal¡£ Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap£¬ Cortina said¡£
¡¡¡¡Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college£¬ where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim£¬ which can drive the less-experienced or-determined students away¡£
¡¡¡¡The Flatiron School£¬ where people pay to learn programming£¬ started as one of the many coding bootcamps that’s become popular for adults looking for a career change¡£ The high-schoolers get the same curriculum£¬ but “we try to gear lessons toward things they’re interested in£¬” said Victoria Friedman£¬ an instructor¡£ For instance£¬ one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood¡£
¡¡¡¡The students in the Flatiron class probably won’t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook¡£ Programming languages have a quick turnover£¬ so the “Ruby on Rails” language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market¡£ But the skills they learn – how to think logically through a problem and organize the results – apply to any coding language£¬ said Deborah Seehorn£¬ an education consultant for the state of North Carolina¡£
¡¡¡¡Indeed£¬ the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all¡£ But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes¡£ These kids are going to be surrounded by computers-in their pockets £¬in their offices£¬ in their homes –for the rest of their lives£¬ The younger they learn how computers think£¬ how to coax the machine into producing what they want –the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that –the better¡£
¡¡¡¡21.Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier to _______
¡¡¡¡A¡£ complete future job training
¡¡¡¡B¡£ remodel the way of thinking
¡¡¡¡C¡£ formulate logical hypotheses
¡¡¡¡D¡£ perfect artwork production
¡¡¡¡22.In delivering lessons for high - schoolers £¬ Flatiron has considered their________
